[HANASHIR:16065] Re: Minchag for arrangements

[Laura Ferguson <allenderl...>]

Moreover, even if your intent is non-profit, that does not mean 
"cost-free".  Non-profit enterprises (whether formal businesses or not) 
incur costs, and one of those costs is the cost of copyrighted materials -- 
like music.  If the publisher/musician gives you permission to arrange the 
music for no charge than the the cost to you is $0, but once you start 
xeroxing your music your cost is than .07 per copy (or whatever).   If the 
publisher/musician says $.30 per copy, than your cost is $.37 per 
copy.   If you were intending to make a profit, you would need to charge, 
say, $1 per copy so that your time, effort and costs would be covered.

At 11:03 AM 12/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:

> >> But, if one is not
> >> intending to profit from the arrangement, can one
> >> share it freely without consent from the original song
> >> composer?
>
> > I don't think so
>
>Let's make it stronger, and answer it as: "absolutely not."  It's probably
>the biggest urban legend in this area.
>
>Copying is copying whether you intend to make money from it or not.  Yes,
>there are limited use exceptions, etc., but copying an entire work and
>distributing it is the very essence of a copyright violation.
>
>-- Sholom
>
>
>


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